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Sunday, September 23, 2012

The American Civil Liberties Union has certainly taken an interest in disrupting the
traditions of one Rhode Island school district lately. Earlier this year, the freedom-squashing
ACLU (naturally) took up the cause of a 16-year-old atheist studentoffended by a “controversial” prayer banner donated by the graduating class of 1963.
In the end, the school buckled and removed the donated banner whilethe student’s lawyers stuck the city with $173,000 in legal fees. Agree or disagree with that decision, but the ACLU was not finished dissecting
the school’s so-called offensive practices.
Recently,
the left’s favorite group of lawyers turned their focus to the same
school district after one parent complained that the traditional
father-daughter dance amounted to gender discrimination. Not satisfied,
the ACLU also pressured the school to end its mother-son baseball game.
In a statement, an ACLU spokesperson explained why the events are supposedly discriminatory.
“Not every girl today is interested in growing up to be Cinderella,” the spokesperson stated.
That
statement seemingly states that, to the ACLU, if an event doesn’t
appeal to 100 percent of those who might possibly attend, the event is
discriminatory and must be banned. Could anyone imagine a world where
each opportunity for entertainment must appeal to the entire population?
Since everyone doesn’t like acting or singing, should there be no drama or choir clubs in schools?
To his credit, the city’s mayor stated unequivocally that he feels the decision was ill-advised, saying it was
made in “the name of political correctness.”
The district’s superintendent, though, seemed to support the new policy.
In
an internal letter, he said, “[T]his is a public school system and
under no circumstances should be isolating any child from full
participation in school activities and events based on gender.”
Leftists
continue to deny there are any differences between the two sexes, which
likely helps justify the ongoing cry for gender to be a non-issue in
marriage. Traditional parents, though, still see the need to
reinforce the gender roles the human race has embraced since the beginning.
Within
one year and one school district, one can easily see how the ACLU and
its liberal amen choir wants nothing more than to redefine this nation
and what it means to be American. Beginning in grade school, students
are now told boys must not act boyish; girls cannot embrace the girly;
and no one, under any circumstance, may be allowed to pray (or even be
in the same room as a written prayer) to Jesus Christ.
We cannot let them hijack our future generations and must realize they are well on their way to doing just that.B. Christopher Agee founded The Informed Conservative in 2011. Like his Facebook page for engaging, relevant conservative content daily.